Jan 31 2009
Photo of the Day: The Cone Nebula
A nebula is an elaborate cluster of stars that cannot be seen by the naked eye and only captured by high-powered telescope.

The Cone Nebula (as taken by the Hubble Telescope)
The part pictured here is 2.5 light years in length (the equivalent of 23 million return trips to the Moon). Source: http://pictures.streakr.com/hubble.htm
Wax for the stars!
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